Libya to close embassy in Denmark

Tripoli: Libya said on Sunday it will close its embassy in Denmark to protest the publication of cartoons deemed insulting to the image of the prophet Mohammad.

The Libyan foreign ministry said it is closing down the office after "the silence of the Danish authorities" over the cartoons that have angered Muslims.

One of the cartoons showed Prophet Mohammad wearing a turban of bombs.

The statement added that Libya would take "retaliatory economic measures against Denmark", the official Jana news agency said.

Muslims, especially in the Middle East, have called for the boycott of all Danish products since the cartoons were published in Jyllands-Posten newspaper last September.

Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller is to conduct talks with European Union foreign ministers on Monday to decide on the Danish government's move on the issue.